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This fantastic — or perhaps fantastical — image of a space shuttle launching through the clouds has been getting a lot of comments on the social media circuits. But is it real? No, it is a composite of two different images put together by photographer Richard Silvera. “The picture of the sky and clouds was … Continue reading "Incredible Space Shuttle Picture: Is it Real?"

Learn about the space shuttle orbiter Endeavour. It's been into space 25 times—and down the streets of Los Angeles once!

Launch of Atlantis on STS-135, the last Space Shuttle mission on July 8, 2011. National Air and Space Museum photographer Dane Penland captures this photo from the roof of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center.

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Dan Winters grew up during the golden age of space reporting and is one of the few who have mastered the craft of photographing space launches. The magnificent images in his new book, Last Launch, prove that he is a virtuoso at his work.

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Space shuttle Endeavour, mated atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, is moved back into the Shuttle Mate-Demate Device (MDD) at the NASA Kennedy Space Center, Shuttle Landing Facility, on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012 in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The SCA, a modified 747 jetliner, will fly Endeavour to Los Angeles where it will be placed on public display at the California Science Center. This is the final ferry flight scheduled in the Space Shuttle Program era. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Endeavour's Final Mission

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Shuttle above the clouds

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Seeming to glide across a hazy Los Angeles sky with typically grid-locked traffic bordered by green palms below, this image of the final landing of the shuttle Endeavour at LAX from last week has been hailed as a fitting last shot of the pride of America's manned space program.

Space Shuttle Endeavor fly by over the Port of Long Beach! #givesmechills

Spaceflight Now | Shuttle Mission Report | PHOTOS: Inside Endeavour's crew cabin

Space shuttle Endeavour, mated atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, is moved back into the Shuttle Mate-Demate Device (MDD) at the NASA Kennedy Space Center, Shuttle Landing Facility, on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012 in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The SCA, a modified 747 jetliner, will fly Endeavour to Los Angeles where it will be placed on public display at the California Science Center. This is the final ferry flight scheduled in the Space Shuttle Program era. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Shuttle Endeavour, tall as an 18-story building and weighing 4.5 million pounds at liftoff, roars into orbit atop 7.5 million pounds of thrust on mission STS-123 to the International Space Station at 2:28am EST, March 11, 2008. - Photo taken at Kennedy Space Center [OFF AIRPORT] in Florida, USA on March 11, 2008.